Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1661, Thomas Dove, Continental Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Dove Thomas
S. 1661
Va.
B.S. Mt. 2090-100
CONTENTS
Twelve horizontal dotted lines for writing entries.
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See letter 20 Sep '34 to W.B.A. Ramsey
Pension increased to $80 per annum 16 Cts 34 & new certificate issued sent to W.B.A. Ramsey Knoxville. & letter 15 Oct to P. A. Gt Serlett 5 Jan 1835 to W.B.A. Ramsey. Papers copied for Hon. J.B. Forrestal H.R. Jan 12. 1835.
Duplicate certificate issued 20 th March 1835 sent to W.B.A. Ramsey Knoxville Tennessee
19547 East Tennessee
Thomas Dove of Knox Co in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the com pany by Captain Wheeler of the reg t by Col. Langhorne in the Va line line for 12 mo s & 20 days
pension increased to $80 per annum.
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 42 Dollars 22 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of Sept r 1832 and W.B.A. Ramsey Knoxville
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 32 $ 105.53 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar ch 34 $ 21 11 $126.66
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 41

Thomas Dove N o 2090

Claim Bounty Land
Thos  Wood
N o Dec r 30. 1834

State of Tennessee This day personally appeared Prior County before me J. A. C. Boothell acting Justice of the Peace for said County Thomas Dowe a citizen of said County aged 76 years who being duly sworn on the Evangelists of Almighty God deposeth and saith that he enlisted at Charlot- ville Pa. into the army of the United States on the 9 th day of March 1851 as well as he now rec- lects, for the term of "during the war"; into a com- pany of light infantry commanded by Captain Sharp, and attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Armand, a French officer - he states that he continued to serve in said Regiment at different places - was at the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown - was afterwards stationed at Little York Pa. for a long time and he thinks was then discharged at the termination of the war with his whole Regiment - he states that he received a pinked discharge signed "Armand le marquis de mere, Brigadier general" - he states that sometime after the war he sent his discharge to Richmond Va. for the purpose of drawing a land warrant for his services, and it was there lost - he states that he never received any bounty in land for his services nor any warrant or scrip for the same - he states that at the time of his enlistment he was of fair complexion, blue eyes, and about five feet three or four inches high Sworn to and subscribed Thomas his Dowe before me this 11 th Oct. 1894 mark
J. A. C. Boothell Justice of the Peace
No. 19507 Act of 1852 19 Sep 1893 B.7-
enlisted 9 March 1851 for the war in Col. Armand's Corps & discharged at the close of the war

State of Tennessee I George M. White Clerk of the Knox County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that Geo. Boothe before whom the foregoing declara- tion was sworn to and subscribed is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and being well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice I believe the foregoing signature pur- porting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at office this 28 th day of November 1834 Geo. M. White Clerk
State of Tennessee I James Park Chairman of the Knox County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that George M. White is Clerk of said Court and being well ac- quainted with the hand writing of said Clerk I believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28 th day of November 1834 -
James Park Chairman Knox County Court

Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Dane of Knox County, Tennessee do hereby nominate constitute and appoint William B. S. Ramsey of Knoxville, Tennessee, my true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, for me and in my behalf to demand and receive from the land office of the state of Virginia, or from the land office of the United States any land warrant that may be due me either from the state of Virginia or from the United States, for services performed by me in the Revolutionary war - and my said attorney is hereby fully empowered to surrender said warrant or warrants to the Department at Washington city, and demand and receive scrip or treasury certificates for the same; which scrip or treasury certificates or warrants I do authorise my said attorney to sell or assign - and I do hereby authorise my said attorney to give all necessary receipts and acquittances - and to appoint one or more substitutes or at- ternies to perform all the above mentioned acts - hereby ratifying and confirming all which my said attorney may do by virtue of these presents - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11 th day of October 1834
witness
Robert Park
Thomas Dane his mark
State of Tennessee
Knox County Personally appeared before me Z. C. Booth an acting justice of the Peace for said County Thomas Dane the subscriber to the above power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein expressed In witness my hand this 11 th day of October 1834 Z. C. Booth

State of Tennessee & George M. White Clerk of the Knox County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that Geo. Boothe before whom the foregoing power of Attorney was acknowledged is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and being well acquainted with the hand writ- ing of said Justice I believe the fore- going signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 28 th day of November 1834
Geo. M. White Clerk
State of Tennessee Knox County & I James Park Chairman of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that George M. White is Clerk of said Court and being well acquaint- ed with his hand writing I believe the forego- ing signature purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28 th day of November 1834 -
James Park Chairman Knox County Court

State of Tennessee County Court July Session 1833 Knox County On this 3 rd day of July 1833 personally appeared in open Court at a Court of Pleas and Quarters Sessions for said County, now sitting Thomas Dowe a citizen of said County aged near 86 years who having been sworn according to law oaths on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of an act of Congress passed on the 8 th of June 1832 - That he was born in Alber- marle County Va. on the 15 th day of Nov- ember 1757 where he continued to live du- ring the whole of the Revolutionary war was living there at its commencement and continued to live there after its termination up to the year 1809 - That sometime in the fall of 1779 as well as he now recollects, he entered the American Army, and was enrolled as a volunteer private at Charlottesville Va. into a company of foot commanded by Cap- tain Benjamin Wheeler - he states that his company with several others were under the command of Major Langham - under him as an superior officer - we marched to Richmond and from there marched on to Norfolk, and crossed over from there to Hampton, where we had a slight skirmish with the British and drove them to their shipping - we remained in and about Hampton for sometime and were then marched back to Richmond and dismissed and returned home - Applicant states that he was three months in actual service during this tour

Applicant states that a few months after his last campaign he was drafted in Albemarle County Va. - rendezvoused at Charlottesville and was enrolled into a company commanded by Captain Charles Langford under him applicant marched to Richmond and from there down the James River and on to Norfolk, after staying there a short time we were marched across the River and up to Williamsburg, here we had a light skirmish in which Captain Langford was wounded in the thigh. At Williamsburg applicant remained with his company until the three months for which he had been drafted, had expired when he returned home - Applicant states that some months after his last campaign, he cannot recollect how long, he was again drafted in Albemarle County, rendezvoused at Charlottesville and was enrolled into a company commanded by his first Captain, Benjamin Wheeler, and under him marched to Richmond and from there down the James River to Portsmouth and over to Norfolk and after remaining there but a few days, and being under apprehensions from the British fleet, recrossed to Portsmouth and then up to Richmond where our company remained until the three months for which it had been drafted had expired when we returned home - Applicant states that some months after this last campaign, the time not recollected he was again drafted in Albemarle

rendezvoused at Charlottesville and was enrolled into a Company commanded by Captain William Gooch, and under him marched to Richmond where we were stationed and in its neighborhood for three months, at which time applicant's time of service having expired he was dis- missed and returned home - Applicant states that some months time after this he thinks it was early in the year 1781 he had attached himself to the minute service and was called out by his for- mer Captain Benjamin Wheeler and un- der him marched from Charlottesville to Petersburg Va. where after being stationed twenty days and the apprehensions of an attack having subsided, he was dis- missed and returned home - Applicant states that from the long time which has elapsed since the above services were rendered, his great age and consequent loss of memory he cannot state precisely the various marches and countermar- ches which he had to perform - he feels confident however that he performed services as above stated as a private for a term not less than twelve months and twenty days for which he desires a pension - he states that his services were performed at a time when the whole country on the James River below and at Richmond was constantly threatened with an attack from the British - he states that in some of his tours he recollects of seeing some of the Regular troops he believes under the command

of Seneca, Wayne, Morgan and La Fayette, but he was generally kept separate from the Regulars and knows nothing about the officers or the number of their Regiments - he states that he has a record of his age in a Bible now in possession of his uncle's family in Virginia - he states that he moved from Allegheny in 1809 to Knox County Tennessee where he has lived ever since - he states that there is no clergyman living in his neighborhood - he states that the persons now living in his neighborhood who can testify as to his veracity and his reputation for having performed military services in the revolutionary war are George Frant William Rutherford, William Sawyer etc - he states that he got a written discharge for one of his campaigns but no other and that discharge he has long since lost - he states that he has no documentary evidence whatever of his said service nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services - he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed
in open court this Thomas his Wood mark
3 rd July 1833
William H. Ellis
State of Tennessee We George Frant and Knox County William Rutherford ci- tizens of said County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with

Thomas Dowe who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and has been so acquainted about fifteen years that we believe him to be nearly 76 years of age - that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn to and subscribed in open Court July 3 d 1833 George his Grant mark William his Rutherford mark Witnesses D. Elk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after an investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that George Grant and William Rutherford who have signed the above certificates are residents of this county, are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
J. Anderson H. P. Craighead Robert Tindall
Indices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Knox City.

State of Tennessee I Charles McClung Knox County Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court the matter of the application of Thomas Rowe for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at office this 8 th day of July 1833
Chas. McClung By his dep Wm. Brown
to the entire note to the appli- cant be directed to
Mr. B. P. Hamey Knoxville Tennessee
No. 649 Thomas Rowe

26.649
O Thomas Bove O Tenner
from 1777 private 1 yr & 20. days. $ 42. \frac{22}{100}
17 22 42 22 21 12 10 555
W. B. A. Ramsey Knoxville. Tenn

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Thomas Dove
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1779 3 Pv. Capt. Wheeler Maj. Langhans 76 Bao Traditionary   " 3 " Capt. Langhans   " 3 " Capt. Wheeler   1780 3 " Capt. Gouche   1781 20 " Capt. Wheeler  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [f] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Whereas Thomas Ware of the County of Knox and State of Tennessee, executed a power of attorney on the 11 th day of October 1834 authorizing and empowering me to demand and receive from the land office of the State of Virginia or from the land office of the United States any land warrant that might be due to the said Ware either from the State of Virginia or from the United States for services performed by him in the Revolutionary war - and also to surrender the said warrant or warrants to the Department at Washington City and demand and receive scrip or treasury certificates for the same - and also the power or authority to sell or assign the said scrip or certificates, and also the power of substitution authorizing me to appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys to perform all the acts mentioned in said power of attorney - Now know all men by these presents that I William B. A. Ramsey the attorney named in the above mentioned power of attorney, of Knoxville Tennessee, do hereby constitute and appoint John M. Walker of the County of Maury and State of Tennessee my substitute or attorney in the premises, and I do hereby authorize and empower the said John M. Walker to do and perform all and singular the acts and things which I am empowered to do by the said power of attorney in as full and ample a manner as I myself could do were I personally present -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28 th November 1834 -
W. B. A. Ramsey Esq.
Test William B. Howell
State of Tennessee Personally appeared before me J. A. C. Knox County J. B. O'Neal an acting Justice of the Peace for said County William B. A. Ramsey the subscriber to the above power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein expressed witness my hand this 28 th November 1834
J. A. C. O'Neal Justice of the Peace for Knox County

State of Tennessee I George M. White Clerk of the Court Knox County of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that Geo. Boothe before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, and being well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, I believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 28 th November 1834
Geo. M. White Clerk
State of Tennessee Knox County I James Park Chairman of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said County do hereby certify that George M. White is Clerk of said Court and being well acquainted with the hand writing of said Clerk, I believe the foregoing signature purpor- ting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28 th day of November 1834 -
James Park Chairman Knox County Court

State of Tennessee Personally appeared before me Lincoln County 3 a c Doct. Dan Austin Justice of the Peace for said County Thomas Rowe a citizen of said County ages 88 years who having been first sworn deposes and saith that he was placed on the pension roll of the United States for the agency of East Tennessee, under the law of the 5 th June 1832, that he procured a certificate and drew his pension for same time - that he was informed his pension could be increased if applica- tion was made - that he made application, and was informed by the Commissioners of Pensions that upon a surrender of his certificate a new certificate would be issued - that he enclosed his certificate to the Commissioners of Pensions and he has been informed by said Commissioners that a certificate was sent to W.B.A. Ramsey his attorney sometime previous to January last - he states that he never has received said certificate either directly or indirectly nor does he know where it is Sworn to and subscribed his Thomas X Rowe before me this 9 th of March 1835 mark 3 a c Doct. Dan Justice of the Peace
And on the same day personally appeared before me the above named Justice of the Peace the said William B.A. Ramsey and made oath that he has not received any pension certificate for Thomas Rowe for an increase of his first pen- sion, nor does he know any thing about

The said certificate sworn to and subscribed before me this 9 th of March 1835. Zac Booth Butler Beaman
M c B. Ramsey
State of Tennessee Knox County I George M. White Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Sessions for said county do hereby certify that Zac Booth before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to and subscribed is an acting Justice of the Peace for said county and being acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice I believe his above signatures are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 9 th March 1835.
Geo. M. White Clerk.
upon the filing of this certificate and the M c B. a Ramsey

(Thomas Dove - applicant's name)
State of Tennessee Personally appeared in open Court at Sevier County a Circuit Court upon new sitting for said County before the Honorable Edward Scott, Thomas Dove a citizen of said County seventy six years of age, who being sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of an act of Congress passed on the 5 th June 1832 - That he was born in Albemarle County in the state of Virginia on the 15 th day of November 1759 where he continued to live during the whole of the Revolution- ary war and afterwards until the spring of 1809. That he enlisted at Charlottesville Va. into the army of the United States on the 5 th day of March 1781, for the term of during the war into a company of light infantry commanded by Captain Sharp and attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Semand, a French officer - he does not now recollect the number of said Regiment but knows it was called Ar- mands Corps, and thinks it was composed of three companies of foot and three companies of horse - he thinks the three companies of foot were commanded by his said Captain Sharp, Captains Le Baron and Brefor and the three companies of horse were commanded by Captains Le Bert, Beakins and Le Brown - applicant states that his Regiment marched under the said officers from then Char- lottesville Va. to Staunton Va. where it was stationed a few months, and then marched to Winchester Va. where it was stationed one or two months and then marched to Manassas Pa. where it was stationed one or two months, when it mar- ched into the state of New Jersey and remained there but a few days when they marched directly back again to Yorktown where they joined the main army who were then besieging the British army at that place - applicant states that at the

time his said Regiment left Charlottesville Captain Sharp has the command of applicant's company, but when they arrived at Shannton and had recruited a suffi- cient number of men to form two companies, Captain Le Baron took the command of applicant's company and Captain Sharp took command of the new company. Applicant continued from this time under the command of the S c Captain Le Baron until his regi- ment reached Yorktown, when having recruited a sufficient number of men a third company was formed called Zougers, and being mostly Germans, and Capt. Le Baron being a German the command was given to him and Capt. Brepoë took com- mand of the light infantry company of which applicant was one. Applicant states that he remained at Yorktown until the surrender of Cornwallis shortly after which time his Regi- ment marched to Little York Pa. where they were stationed about thirteen months when he was honably discharged. Applicant states that he got a printed discharge signed by "Armand Marguis de la Rancie Brigadier General". He states that Col. Armand has been promoted to the rank of General a short time before his discharge. He states that sometime after the war he sent his discharge to Richmond Va. to draw his land for his services, but he was informed that shortly after he sent it it was lost and altho he has made diligent enqui- ry after it, he has never been able to find it. He states that in 1809 he moved from Albemarle County Va. to Tennessee where he has lived ever since. Applicant states that he made out and forwarded his declaration more than a year ago, for a pension for services in the Continen- tal  officer army, but in consequence of stating that his Colonel's name was Armand instead of

 Armand , his papers were returned because his name could not be found in Armand's Regiment, there being no officer of that name - he has since been informed that there was a Colonel Armand whose name was pronounced Armand, and he has been induced to make a second effort to procure a pension for his services - he states that his name is now on the pension roll of the agency of East Tennessee under the law of June 5 th 1832 for services which he performed in the Revolutionary army previous to his enlistment in Col. Armand's Regiment, and which services were performed as a milicia man he states that his present pension is in no part for services rendered in the continental army, but when he was informed that his name was not to be found on the rolls of the regular army, and that without procuring the testimony of a witness which he knew to be impossible, he could not procure a pension, he made a second application, for services rendered in the milicia for which he now receives a pension - he states that besides the milicia services for which he now receives a pension he performed services in the continental army as above stated for twenty months, for which he claims an additional pension - of so much as will make him a full pensioner he states that he has a record of his age in an old Bible which his Brother has - he states that he has no documentary evidence whatever of his services nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services - he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the one he now receives, and the present additional one, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of any state except the pension roll of the agency of East Tennessee -  Sworn to and subscribed in his Thomas X Dowe mark  Open Court this 12 th Aug. 1834 Wm. Shaw Clerk

and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Dec 1834 of the Pedge of the Circuit Court of Laws & Equity in & for the State of Tennessee
State of Tennessee
Knox County I William Swan Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Dowe for an additional pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal having no official seal at office this 12 th day of August 1834
William Swan
I Luke Lea a member of Hugh H. White a Senator in Congress from the State of Tennessee, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of William Swan who is Clerk of the Circuit Court of Knox County Tenn. and that I believe all the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine Knoxville August 12 th 1834
Luke Lea
for the certificate to the Applicant with the due fee to Mr. B. B. Ramsey Knoxville He was free 4th Dec 1834 Free letter not entitled letter page 19 vol. 1 enclosed to H. S. for animal as was now cert to Mr. B. B. Ramsey Knoxville

Knoxville Oct. 6 th 1834
Dear Sir,
The enclosed declaration of Thomas Bone was returned from your department accompanied with your written statement that "Thomas Bone's pension will be increased upon the return of the enclosed affidavit and his original certificate - his name has been found as belonging to Col. Armand's corps of Infantry" - no affidavit was enclosed and I have thought that the declaration must have been meant as the affidavit - I herewith enclose the declaration and the original certificate which I hope will be sufficient to authorize the issuance of another certificate.
Yours &c
W. B. Ramsey
Col. J. C. P. Edwards,

Mo s Love
19347
Payments to be made at by Snowville by Robert Kling Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of East Tennessee
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 7 Page 41 by Sam Boyd Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Thomas Dove of the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive one Forty-two dollars and Twenty-two cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 19 th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
L. D. Campbell Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Free John B Forster
J. L. Canales Esq. Washington D. C.

Washington City Jan 10 Sir,
I am requested by May Wolke who has a power of att from Thorne Dones authorizing him to claim said Dones land to ask you to suffer the bearer to copy his pension papers in your office and when copied to certify the same.
Very respectfully Your ser John B. Foester J. L. Carrance Esq
19547

Rev. Mar.
✓ 1661 INVALID
File No. 1661. Thomas Dove Miss. Va. Line
Act: June 7, 1832.
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 97
[Arrangement of 1870.]